Ito, Hiroshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3103-0726
Numabe, Yukihiro
Hashimoto, Shuichi
Sekino, Satoshi
Murakashi, Etsuko
Ishiguro, Hitomi
Sasaki, Daisuke
Yaegashi, Takashi
Takai, Hideki
Mezawa, Masaru
Ogata, Yorimasa
Watanabe, Hisashi
Izumi, Yuichi
Kido, Jun-ichi
Hiroshima, Yuka
Nagata, Toshihiko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education and Science Research Funds (JP20K09981, JP23K09189)
Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education and Science Research Funds (JP20K09964)
Article History
Received: 20 December 2024
Accepted: 18 August 2025
First Online: 30 August 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This observational study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the STROBE guidelines. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Nippon Dental University School of Medicine (No. NDU-T 2017–12).
: All patients provided their informed consent prior to inclusion in the study.